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H. E. MOORE. Button for Cuffs, 8L0.

No. 225,853. Patented Mar. 23,1880.

5E NVENTEIR %flZ/w% WNEE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY E. MOORE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOE OF ONE-HALF OF HISRIGHT TO GEORGE S. BURTON, OF SAME PLACE.

BUTTON FOR CUFFS, 800.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,853, dated March23, 1880. Application filed February 12, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY E. MOORE, of Boston, in the county of Sufiolkand State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements inButtons for Oufl's and for other purposes, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates, primarily, to that classof buttons known ascuff-buttons, but

the button produced may be used in many other connections, such ascollar-buttons, studs, &c., and I propose to use it wherever it may bedeemed desirable.

The object of the invention, particularly when used as a cufl-button, isto provide a button which may be easily and readily inserted andfastened without danger of loss, whether of the whole or a part thereof,and, consequently, which can be readily removed.

The nature of the invention is described below, and in the accompanyingdrawings is illustrated.

Figure 1 is a plan of the under side of the button, the cover havingbeen removed, in position to be inserted in the button-hole.

Fig. 2 is a similar plan of the button in the position assumed when inuse. A portion of a cuff and the button-hole therein are represented bybroken lines. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the button when in a cuff,the section being taken longitudinally through the button-holes. Fig. 4is an elevation of the button in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

a is the main portion or front of the button,

provided with the flange a. A post, I), is

rigidly set into the part a, and is surmounted with a horizontal bar, 0,usually integral with the post, and constituting a rigid T-shaped post,I) 0.

dis a tubular post surrounding the post I),

and provided with wings cl d, as shown in the drawings. At its base itspreads into a plate, 0, which lies upon the inner side of the button a,and is provided with indentations 6', preferably curved in shape.

Springs f lie between the plate 6 and the flange at, their bent endsresting in the curved indentations c in the plate 0. A cover, 9, 5ousually lies upon the springs in order to give finish to the button.

99 represents a portion of a cuff, and y the button-holes therein.

The operation of the button is as follows: Take the button in theposition shown in Fig.

1, pass the part c of the rigid post I) cthrough the buttouhole of thecuff until the winged post 01 d lies therein, then turn the main portiona one-fourth of a rotation, when the button will be in the positionshown in Figs. 2 and 3. The portion of the cufi next the button holesholds the winged post (1 d, the springs f being pressed back out of theindentations e in the plate 0, and dropping into the next indentationswhen the quarter-rotation has been accomplished. The winged post d d andplate 6 0 remain stationary, being held in the button-hole while therest of the button is being rotated. At the end of the quarterrotationthe part c of the rigid post lies across the button-holes, and thusholds the button in position.

To release the button, give it a quarter-rotation in either direction.

One second is sufficient time in which to apply or remove the button,and the advantage over separable buttons, in which there is constantdanger of the loss of a portion, is apparent.

The strength of the springs is, of course, adjusted with regard to thestiffness of the fabric to which the buttons are to be applied.

The springs may be one or more in number and of any suitable shape, andthe plate e may be of various shapes-even a square plate would not beinoperative as desired. About the shape shown, however, is perhaps thebest.

Having thus fully described my invention, 0 what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a button for cuffs, 850., the combination, with the main portion aof the button and the T-shaped post I; c, of the tubular em- 5bracing-post d, provided with one or. more Wings, cl (1, adapted tobeheld stationary in springs placed between said plate and the thebutton-hole While the rest of the button is flange a, constructed andarranged substanrotated, substantially as set forth. tially as and forthe pnrposedeseribed.

2. In combination with the T-shaped post HENRY E. MOORE. 5 b 0 andflanged button-top a, a, the winged YVitnesses: embracing-post (I d,provided at its base with HENRY W. WILLIAMS,

a plate of irregular shape, and one or more GEORGE V. MALLON.

